Fury at 'depraved' child poster

A poster which shows a toddler breastfeeding her doll has caused outrage at Rochdale Infirmary.

The poster shows a little girl with the toy to her chest, with a slogan reading “It’s normal, children copy their mothers.”

A mother and patient at the hospital to did not want to be named, says picture is “depraved” and fears it could be seen by “the wrong people."

Councillor Jean Ashworth, who is a healthcare assistant at Rochdale Infirmary, says she is offended by the image.

She said: “Promoting breastfeeding is fine, but this is just offensive.

“I wonder where it will stop, if these are the lengths the Trust will go to. I am in no way against mums who want to breast feed at all, but I think to see such a disturbing image of a child like that is inappropriate and unnecessary."

Pennine Acute Trust has no far received no complaints about the poster.